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July 12

2 sourced moments from July 12 in history: The Rolling Stones played their first concert (1962); and Kiribati Gained Independence (1979).

2 things happened on July 12

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On a single July day in 1979, a scattered Pacific colony became a republic spanning all four hemispheres at once.

A blues-mad fill-in band took a London jazz stage one Thursday night in 1962 and quietly started one of rock's longest careers.